Editing Inca rope bridge (section)

==Construction and maintenance ==
The bridges were constructed using [[Jarava ichu|ichu grass]]<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/06/10/the_last_incan_suspension_bridge_is_made_entirely_of_grass_and_woven_by.html|title= The Last Incan Suspension Bridge Is Made Entirely of Grass and Woven by Hand|author= Atlas Obscura|date= June 10, 2013|publisher= Slate|access-date= April 10, 2018}}</ref> woven into large bundles which were very strong.
Part of the bridge's strength and reliability came from the fact that each cable was replaced every year by local villagers<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/peruincidentsoft00squi#page/n605/mode/2up/search/bridge |page =545|title=Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas|location=New York|publisher=Harper Bros.|date= 1877|author= Squier, Ephraim George|quote=Each bridge is usually kept up by the municipality of the nearest village; and as it requires renewal every two or three years..."|author-link =E. G. Squier}}</ref> as part of their ''[[mit'a]]'' public service or obligation. In some instances,{{citation needed|date=October 2011}} these local peasants had the sole task of repairing these bridges so that the Inca highways or road systems could continue to function.  
Repairing these bridges was dangerous, with those performing repairs often facing death.

In 1615, in [[Quechua people|Quechua]] author [[Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala|Huamán Poma]]'s manuscript ''[[The First New Chronicle and Good Government|The First New Chronicle]],'' Poma illustrates the Guambo rope bridge in use. He describes the [[Arch bridge|masonry bridges]] as a positive result of the [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|Spanish colonization of Peru]], as the new bridges prevented deaths from the dangerous repair work.<ref>{{cite book |author=Brown, Dale |title=Incas: Lords of Gold and Glory |publisher=Time-Life Books |location=New York |year=1992 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/incaslordsofgold00time/page/68 68] |isbn=0-8094-9870-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/incaslordsofgold00time/page/68 }}</ref>